By Muthoni Wanyeki Imagine this. You are a woman born and brought up in Kenya. Kenya is the only home you have ever known. You believe yourself to be Kenyan. But, when you apply for your passport, you have to […]
Au Niger, les règles régissant l’acquisition et la perte de la Nationalité sont fixées par : l’ordonnance n°84-33 du 23 août 1984 portant code de la Nationalité Nigérienne modifiée par l’ordonnance n°88-13 du 18 février 1988, Et l’ordonnance n°99-17 du […]
Edited by Astrid Evrensel Voter Registration in Africa: A Comparative Analysis offers a comprehensive introduction to the single most complex process within the electoral cycle. It critically analyses the efficacy and sustainability of different voter registration systems across the African […]
Those of us possessing an identity card can imagine how things would be without one. Those of us who don’t possess one don’t need to imagine. We know. We know we can’t vote, can’t be heard, and certainly can’t run […]
This chapter examines Moroccan non-governmental organization (NGO) initiatives that promote the rights of unwed mothers with children born out of wedlock. Social stigmatization, criminal repression and legal discrimination marginalize these women and their children, and impact on their ability to […]
For millions of refugees across the world home is a distant memory. It is a place they have had to flee to escape violence and persecution. Most dream of going home, others hope for resettlement and some are able to […]
When you talk or hear about aliens you imagine uninvited, scary creatures from outer space, foreign, totally strange things that are not human, they do not look like you, well, at least physically. They do not speak the same language […]
La loi 61 112 du 2 juin 1961 privait, automatiquement, de sa nationalité, tout mauritanien titulaire par naturalisation d’une nationalité étrangère. L’assemblée nationale mauritanienne, réuni en plénière vendredi 25 décembre, a abrogé la disposition rendant impossible la double nationalité. L’article […]
Afin de permettre aux populations pauvres de jouir de leurs droits civiques et dans le cadre de la préparation de l’électorat pour 2010, le Ministre de l’Intérieur, M. Edouard Nduwimana, en présence du Représentant Exécutif du Secrétaire Général des Nations […]
Amnesty International has welcomed the news that Aminatou Haidar, a Sahrawi human rights activist who has spent the past month on hunger strike in Lanzarote airport, has returned home and been reunited with her children. Aminatou Haidar said that she […]
A/HRC/13/3 The present report recalls the legal framework applicable to the right to nationality and addresses the issue of the prohibition of arbitrary deprivation of nationality. It emphasizes that States have an obligation to implement fully the principle of non-discrimination, […]
By Lucy Hovil Recent research in Burundi on the repatriation of refugees has highlighted the strong link between land and citizenship. The research (“Two People Can’t Share the Same Pair of Shoes: Citizenship, Land and the Return of Refugees to […]